Pravastatin Inhibits the Rho/CCN2/Extracellular Matrix Cascade in Human Fibrosis Explants and Improves Radiation-Induced Intestinal Fibrosis in Rats

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• Publication year

  2007

• Venue

  Clinical Cancer Research

• Publication date

  2007-09-15

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-07-0625PMID 17875761
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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